See the file INSTALL for generic compilation and installation instructions.
See the file doc/FAQ for frequently asked questions.
-Bison requires GNU m4 1.4 (or later, if a later version of GNU m4
-becomes available). The following m4 patches are recommended:
+Bison requires GNU m4 1.4 or later. Vanilla GNU m4 1.4 has some
+serious bugs, so we recommend using m4 1.4 as patched by the standard
+GNU/Linux distributions. If you're building GNU m4 1.4 from scratch
+we suggest using this version:
-http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=92629
-http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=211477
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.2.tar.gz
Older versions of Sun Forte Developer 6 update 2 have a compiler bug
that cause "make check" to fail with a "Encounter BINCL entry"